What's the difference?

Hey ya'll, whats up?

For the past 30 hours I haven't eaten.
Nope, it is not actually a big deal to me, but there are children all over the world who are on a 24-7 fast. Nope, it's not by choice. Their parents simply cannot afford to feed them. They're stuck in a circle of hunger with no way to get out. Without nutrition to fuel their bodies their parents cannot get jobs. It's a simple fact that you cannot work when you are too weak to even stand. Their days are spent finding clean water, or any water at all. When the only water they can find is dirty, they are forced to drink water they know will make them sick. Their already weak bodies cannot fight against the diseases carried in the water. By the end of the day they have gotten nowhere. They have not moved forward, after hours of hard work they are no better off than before. They can't do it alone.

Meanwhile I wake up, eat a breakfast of cereal, toast, or some other tasty nutritious thing.
Then I jump in my handy-dandy little gas-filled car and drive to school.
At school I learn. I learn everything I could possibly need to know.
Remember, while I'm doing this those other kids are busy walking almost 5 hours just for water.
In the middle of the day I take a break to eat lunch. I get to eat almost anything I want.
All of my choices are healthier and more nutritious than those other kids could dream of, they're also more delicious.
After this I get to learn some more, hang out with my friends, and I don't have to worry about my sister, brother, or one of my parents starving to death.
When all that's done I drive home where I get to have whatever snack I want, or even whatever drink I want. Milk is almost unlimited :).
Then supper... let's not even talk about how blessed I am when it come to dinner.
Not only that, I can access clean drinking water from anywhere I am in probably less than two minutes. I can turn a faucet and instantly have gallons of fresh, cold, clean drinking water.

The whole time I have been living my normal life, children have been dying of preventable diseases. These diseases are things we Americans don't even think of as diseases.
Things like hunger and thirst.
Really, what does all that have to do with my life?
I would like to think God as blessed me with so much so that I can just enjoy it,
but I know that's not the truth.

For just $1 a child can be fed for a day.
$30 could feed and care for a kid for a month.
$180 can help feed and care for a child for six months
$360 can help feed and care for a child for a year!

I have been blessed, how can I return the blessing?
If I can help to feed even one of 1 million children, will I do it?

Luke 6:38
"Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you."

2 Corinthians 9:6-12
^"6Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously. ⁷Each man should give what he has decided in his heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. ⁸And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work. ⁹As it is written:
"He has scattered abroad his gifts to the poor;
his righteousness endures forever."^a]">[a] ¹⁰Now he who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will also supply and increase your store of seed and will enlarge the harvest of your righteousness. ¹¹You will be made rich in every way so that you can be generous on every occasion, and through us your generosity will result in thanksgiving to God.¹²This service that you perform is not only supplying the needs of God's people but is also overflowing in many expressions of thanks to God."

James 2:15-16
"Suppose a brother or sister is without clothes and daily food. If one of you says to him, "Go, I wish you well; keep warm and well fed," but does nothing about his physical needs, what good is it?"

Would you be willing to help me support a child for even a day?
If you would like to, comment on this blog or send me an e-mail at echornor@gmail.com

Thanks for listening.

That's all I've got, Paislybokeh <3